VLC users...I'll never understand them.
I can read really fast too, that doesn't mean I watch anime at high speeds, sometimes you miss short scenes, and with NGE, you probably missed half of them by now.
I'm not saying Shinji is better if you watch it at 1.0, that fact doesn't change, but there are things that are interesting that take really fast, and you missed them, very likely.
I'm not sure I should even call you an anime fan, if you watched anime at 1.5+ speed, you missed out a lot.
If something bores you, you should consider dropping it.